I came back from my vacations in southern france, on the azure coast (Menton, near Monaco/Italy) and I have Xenogears/saga moments to share.
First, I have to say... southern french villages gives me ridiculous Nisan vibes.
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Streets are very charming (lots of stone construction with warm colors...), it's generally hot, there are lots of pretty churches, mountains, the sea (Nisan has a lake, okay, but still), old ruins. I got pretty amused when I visited a church and there was a statue of a saint named Marguerite. Then, the guide (who was organizing a visit) told us that there was a path dedicated to Nietzsche. And look what I surprisingly found on the internet :
Nietzsche, who had a home in Èze-Bord-de-Mer, used to walk up here, where he reportedly composed the 3rd part of "Thus Spoke Zarathustra".
Score :fraggamagga: .
The same day I visited those villages with my family, I came across a game shop on the way to the bus. And what did I see ? A few KOS-MOS figures exposed in front of the shop. What a shock. Finding Xenosaga goodies in a small village in a country where Xenosaga barely came out (only Ep 2) and Xenogears never did. And the shopkeeper seemed to be more familiar with Xenogears than Xenosaga *dead* ! A bought one and it was pretty cheap.
And I also had a weird Xenosaga dream a few days ago lol. Apparently, I was in ancient China (?) to get KOS-MOS, we ultimately got chased and Gaignun and Albedo rescued us. Also, Jin and Margulis were randomly there... secretly checking out Pellegri (in my dream, we ended up jumping in a lake or something).